Hyoscyamine and frequent urination
#69860 - 05/12/04 12:58 PM
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 Ew ... what a gross topic for a post, sorry. I have a prescription for Hyoscyamine that I don't take very often because it tends to make me drowsy. Well I felt some bad cramping coming on today and I took one, and it worked great. But, I've also been having to pee like every 20 minutes. Lately I have been trying to drink a lot of water, but I haven't had SO much today that I should have to go this often. I don't have any pain or anything else to make me think it's a UTI, so I'm just wondering if anyone on Hyoscyamine has experienced anything similar. It's like every time I stand up to walk across the room, I get the urge to pee. Help!
 Panda
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I think I just saw that on another post today -- wierd coincidence! I can't remember who. Can someone else help out here?
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Laura
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I read that someone had a similar reaction to another drug, but it wasn't Hyoscyamine. Quite a storm we are having right now! I can't believe it's this dark at 4!
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Amanda
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which would certainly have you peeing every few minutes.
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Yeah, this weather is freaky! It's still lightening and thunder at 5:30pm
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Laura
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Wow, thank you ... I was starting to think I was losing my mind! 
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Amanda
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Drs. Wolfe & Hope, in their book "Worst Pills, Best Pills II" (Public Citizen's Health Research Group, 1993), say this about Hyoscyamine:
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"Warning: Special Mental and Physical Adverse Effects. Older adults are especially sensitive to the harmful anticholinergic effects of a family of drugs called belladonna alkaloids. Atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine are all in this family. Drugs in this family should not be used unless absolutely necessary. Mental Effects; confusion, delirium, short-term memory problems, disorientation, and impaired attention. Physical Effects: dry mouth, constipuation, DIFFICULTY URINATING . . . blurred vision, decreased sweating with increased body temperature, sexual dysfunction, and worsening of glaucoma."
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It's good that you don't take this on a regular basis, obviously. Have you considered Heather's peppermint caps as an antispasmodic instead of the Hyoscyamine? If peppermint doesn't give you indigestion, I'd go for it!
Bev
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Nope, not loosing it............When I take ANY antispasmodic they make me like that. I was beginning to think I was getting really old before my time........with such a weak bladder I'd have to start wearing Depends...  LOL, but the minute I stopped them on a regular basis all that went away. Don't get me wrong, I love my Bentyl and Donatol, they took the cramps right away and I could almost eat like a normal person. But the anti's don't like me, so they won't be taken unless I'm absolutely desperate!!!
Kandee
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I take probably one (and sometimes more) Hyoscyamine sublingual tablet every day (every time I feel the onset of an attack) as recommended per my gastro's suggestion. I haven't had the sleepiness side effect, but I do need to pee a lot. However, I am drowning myself with water, and my frequency is much less than the 20 minutes you describe. (In other words, I hadn't noticed a problem with frequent urination.) Sorry...
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